HP 4200 breaks with windows updates

I have been reading alot of the problems concering the
Microsoft Windows Updates and the HP Drivers listed there
for download, and yes I have the same problem with the
corrupt drivers and such. Here is an article that I have
come across for a possible solution. I am not sure this
will cure all problems with the HP network printing but
looks like this will with the HP Laserjet 4200.
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Was it the HP 4200 update? I am having the same exact
problem. This
happened on my Print Server and so
every workstation received this error message when trying
to print from Int
ernet Explorer (File - Print) or if they tried to open
the "Printing Prefere
nces" on an HP 4200 printer.

I was able to fix the server (I can now print and open
the "printing prefere
nces" from the server, but every workstation on the
network now has these "c
orrupt" drivers. Removing the printer connection and then
re-adding the pri
nter connection does not "update" or refresh the drivers.
Can anyone tell me
how I can force a "refresh" or update to the drivers when
they connect to t
he print server?

As far as fixing the problem on the server, I had to
(PLEASE make sure you b
ack up first) stop the spooler service, go into the
registry, and remove the
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contr ol\Print\
Environments\Win
dows NT x86\Drivers\Version-3" key under here which
pertained to my printer
(HP LaserJet 4200 PCL 6). If you restart the spooler,
your 4200 printers wi
ll not show up. You have to add a local printer, using
the OEM drivers for
the HP LJ 4200. One the driver is "re-installed" stop and
start your print
spooler again and your 4200 printers will show up.

As I mentioned, now the server itself works fine, but this
doesn't help my u
sers because the workstations still have the corrput
drivers. If I delete t
he drivers out of the \SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\W32X86\3
directory manually, t
hen add the printer, the new drivers are downloaded to the
workstation autom
atically but I can't figure out how to automate this.

Well, hope that helps you. If anyone can help me, I'd
appreciate it.

bizh0p wrote:

> I have been reading alot of the problems concering the
> Microsoft Windows Updates and the HP Drivers listed there
> for download, and yes I have the same problem with the
> corrupt drivers and such. Here is an article that I have
> come across for a possible solution. I am not sure this
> will cure all problems with the HP network printing but
> looks like this will with the HP Laserjet 4200.
> ================================================== =========

We have the same problem with 15 computers and a HP4200N directly on
ethernet. Actually, we had install again the driver but now, it is
broken again. We are completly blocked :-(